Wednesday, 2 October 2002
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Canada can exceed Kyoto and save $200 billion: study
Canadians can more than meet the emissions target in the Kyoto Protocol
and save $200 billion by conserving energy, according to a study
released Wednesday.
F U L L S T O R Y [CBC News]
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The Rolling Stones Stay Steadfast and True. The three Rolling Stones concerts around New York this week were three variations on themes of stamina, sleaze, memory and, for both band and patrons, satisfaction. By Jon Pareles. [New York Times: Arts]
This tour seems to be getting universal praise.
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Also showing at this AES show - "The Firestation"(TM) - Topic Powered by Infopop: "Record on RADAR, then simply unplug the drive, plug it into the Firestation(TM) and plug it into any firewire port on a MAC laptop or desktop and then transfer the project into Protools. You can also take a Protools Session and convert it to a RADAR Session at the click of a button
"Very interesting. Just posted today. I need to know how much it costs and figure out if it will work well with my Sonic system. Hmmmm.
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eWEEK: ePeriodicals: Microsoft's Killer App for Tablet PC? Microsoft Corp. thinks it's found a killer app for its Tablet PC: as a home for a new breed of electronic magazines. The software giant is prepping an end-to-end electronic publishing solution, known as ePeriodicals, which it will introduce at its Tablet PC launch in New York City on Nov. 7, according to sources. [Tomalak's Realm]
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Lanette's Weblog: First Entry and First Day: "I attended the two Applescript tutorials. The very first thing I want to say is that Sal Rocks! It was one of the best tutorials I have ever attended. The second point is that Apple should be giving this technology a bigger push. It is amazing. The addition of Applescript Studio has turned it into something that could compete with the army of VB programmers out there. The ability to create full fledged cocoa apps that can automate all you work and handle the commnuciation between different applications is astounding."
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Hockey fans angered Ron MacLean leaving Hockey Night in Canada
Canadian hockey fans are up in arms - and voicing their displeasure -
over news that Ron MacLean is leaving Hockey Night in Canada.
Now the program's major sponsor says it would like to see MacLean back
in the host's chair.
F U L L S T O R Y [CBC News]
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More on soundfonts and MIDI files [Mac OS X Hints]
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Iraq and UN agree return of inspectors. UN and Iraqi officials agree practical arrangements for the return to Iraq of inspectors - but Washington says the deal is not enough. [BBC News | WORLD]Big surprise.
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Interesting uses of Jaguar zoom [Mac OS X Hints]Wow. Pretty cool built-in feature which I knew nothing about.
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Steal Your Interface: A History. Apple is credited with developing the graphical user interface, which Microsoft copied, but the contribution of users and small developers has been largerly overlooked. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News] 'The result was a mature and flexible interface, which was extremely influential and widely copied. Almost all interfaces -- on cell phones, handhelds and consumer electronic devices -- owe a debt to Apple.'
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The Mac OS That Can't Be Tweaked. Before Mac OS X, the Mac interface was one of the most customizable systems ever developed, which led to a lot of innovation. But OS X is closed to tweakers. Critics think Apple is shooting itself in the foot. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]
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Salon has an excellent article about advertising and your brain. Finally someone puts all the pieces together!: "Why do people want to get new cars when their old ones work fine? It isn't just 'because it makes them happy.' A deeper explanation is that the brain is constantly seeking out new information and gets rewarded through these specific neural circuits when it finds it."
[Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog]
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MusicDish: "In a shocking statement made by Back Street Boy, Kevin Richardson, he testified that they have never received a royalty check." [Scripting News]
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La Scena Musicale October 2002 Issue The October 2002 issue is now in distribution.
Download the PDF file (13 Meg). [LaScena-Features]
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Eudora 5.2 beta 10 now available [The Macintosh News Network]About time. I was getting ready to bail. Hopefully they're sorted out the crashing bug caused by pictures embedded in html mail.
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A beacon of sanity. In an age of religious fanatics, patriotic zealots and self-righteous leftists, Salman Rushdie champions free thinking and fun. [Salon.com]
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